Mechanical Ventilation

Knowing when and how to implement invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation is one of the core competencies of the Pulmonary and Critical Care physicians. This page provides several resources to help you gain skills in this area including:

A primer on mechanical ventilation

Clinical cases in mechanical ventilation

Information regarding how to set-up hands-on training sessions with respiratory therapists at each clinical site.

Hands-on Training in Mechanical Ventilation

During the course of their rotation, students at each of the three clinical sites will have the opportunity to obtain hands-on training in the principles of mechanical ventilation from leading respiratory therapists at each of the institutions. Students will learn about the various modes of invasive and non-invasive ventilation while breathing on actual ventilators with the aid of a mouthpiece.

Because of unanticipated variability in workload on the services and on the part of the respiratory therapists, these sessions are not scheduled in advance. Instead, it is the responsibility of the students to contact the lead Respiratory Therapist at their clinical site in order to arrange a time for this session. The lead Respiratory Therapist for each site and their contact information is as follows: